Sri Lanka, Aug. 20 -- At least 71 people, including 17 children, have been killed in western Afghanistan after a bus carrying refugees deported from Iran burst into flames following a collision with a fuel truck.
The accident happened on Tuesday night when the passenger bus was passing through Guzara district in Herat province.
All the passengers on board the bus were Afghan nationals who were recently deported by Iran and were en route to the Afghan capital Kabul, the provincial governor's spokesperson Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi told AFP.
Herat police said the accident was a result of the bus's "excessive speed and negligence" and only three passengers survived the crash.
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